From unknown Mon Jun 23 14:59:55 2025 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.509 (Entity 5.509) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 From: bug#36349 <36349@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#36349 <36349@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: 27.0.50; does not start if called as symlink Reply-To: bug#36349 <36349@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2025 21:59:55 +0000 retitle 36349 27.0.50; does not start if called as symlink reassign 36349 emacs submitter 36349 Gregor Zattler severity 36349 normal tag 36349 fixed thanks From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Mon Jun 24 05:34:40 2019 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 24 Jun 2019 09:34:40 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55580 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hfLN1-0003iu-FK for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 24 Jun 2019 05:34:40 -0400 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]:51845) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hfLMy-0003il-6z for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 24 Jun 2019 05:34:36 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:58118) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hfLMv-0007Bi-RD for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Jun 2019 05:34:36 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hfLMs-0005GO-QJ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Jun 2019 05:34:33 -0400 Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.17.20]:41029) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hfLMm-0004np-So for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Jun 2019 05:34:27 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=gmx.net; s=badeba3b8450; t=1561368850; bh=teYIii+vQgYGRlwQQSJ6Z23bJ/becF8H3TblIu7t174=; h=X-UI-Sender-Class:From:To:Subject:Date; b=UP1c9nb3Vqbhztrct1CTVArnvZGKoVxjv0NPgj3swzgxSFM7pn1a9OWH4ryCCSbDb xtvBi6x7Nz0UIuFA3UGaH8ztHQInkK75rlV3a8Yky/r6pROqydOkYuWjBxObnY2dkn nW/E9z84d806VMlkDEb9wxLaYeipxadVqmPl/zms= X-UI-Sender-Class: 01bb95c1-4bf8-414a-932a-4f6e2808ef9c Received: from len.workgroup ([46.94.151.82]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx103 [212.227.17.168]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0MRXVc-1i82Kw0SKW-00ShZV for ; Mon, 24 Jun 2019 11:34:10 +0200 From: Gregor Zattler To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Subject: 27.0.50; does not start if called as symlink Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2019 11:34:05 +0200 Message-ID: <877e9bba42.fsf@len.workgroup> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:31Ace462x7VFA5eMcJ9C1kTrv+/Dv7TVlWa1ryMkG+DuhbCV6Sz GGItevQkF41cL2MrtRZ6+YKZc5urKhlDi1FnARvgcWkPpO/YtZ5Co2dYLFhDLjemSZ9+bV4 3fSiKPLAQGBM0vqIdNSFD09vgrK3ZAJSLk7R+vyQWf6tGBE3IrIVk1IZl2VEhc0O4BcQ/Nt jva7w9UeDgwXSPMxu1tZw== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V03:K0:iW/oK5+NR64=:lU+MHsDw4k46DjwUmESQd6 2GMVdK6qylWcQJWLcdBkn96F1S68lZN90DlF1InTjSHAYxRsKpVxc06QCbEBmjdBhX347a6pB lKSorumCK+I8Hw4mgmmptP4WBWACLYdCsWZm8yKpAsrQZflAQnhlUWHxGweTF60jRnJjTuw+k zwb2eFK1+IXgRBo7rWsHtVUm++D3yXYY2uqB79PtopqJHOpTojwLhXhTEa/Ey1vqFDbORYA1m Wup0r6fWpCDWepPFsuHtjNyspsdJFMrOvSEQx4sqzPA74fC0sgg+KdDDF+KstJR3qmYxoI+k2 q47p89HgbB1Q5mGGsZfpn6jiyyWD9I9VRwg9dCqcDF9VtWHgnVWKQHGYfyGpku8LfvZh7tOgz xcRfPpsFbyts8AKmaHym28YM6AzSEuH2ZgPrHMvH6vTvLbfLLgAKSqQdOwL7DDrgPpzV627LN kmhtf39McT0qFR6uxLkVJ/Vyn9UEiuvS4jDY/HaaXYjHVw61RM/vSFaZIyX/Hp/hEOJ29HiRR QgMh8vyL8kMg1Ctf9WhGdBxUKezm5z1ojSyG2U4qRELugS9NInfu7oa84jx62C0ScN3OXm3jN 8gNLGHO/z0LYu6gpp4n0GXxX9A2DsS6PIaXGNj7zjz1aOj6/OvxJGLouddKtJ+WhoZ7XwWIHz U2kFHrc/Z5DDpVwzHhn5iVvwajByt3MSpWuftF5zHjrzwEnrLrj+jnfpUp3E8nT6ulYEfGt2m uB9LwvOIJvr7+dQNEb6FjnK/M4/YXA6h0+J8HUMwThnuiHxn8c1ZQbfqQ+gtjH0rT7az4P0vo EY26aIDCyPh0R+eObmm4az17HH1H/i774qLahuxnwkXbpl4XLIJDIh7S/9UaXHPPLovUuJ+BG kocKma+MaYB7uiPxKEo8wFFYnx+j1TvcArUg4xnIUox4GwqxNpACWXmbjkbXXqFcjUlJbUrYw rKdUr6onvtD3Pr9eR0vQ7wDBh7R4cyF5hn6xVhvWGxVhCsIuIxLUT Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 212.227.17.20 X-Spam-Score: -1.4 (-) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -2.4 (--) Dear emacs developers, I did a fresh git co -f from emacs master branch (at 157fced053601c993734c61078c42d7905389828). Emacs was built and installed just fine. But Emacs does not start if called as a symlink. See this terminal session (numbers at the beginning of a line are return values from last command): 0 (master *%=3D) grfz@len:~/src/emacs$ hash -r 0 (master *%=3D) grfz@len:~/src/emacs$ emacs-snapshot -Q --debug-init emacs: could not resolve realpath of "(null)": No such file or directory 1 (master *%=3D) grfz@len:~/src/emacs$ src/emacs-27.0.50.1 -Q --debug-init 0 (master *%=3D) grfz@len:~/src/emacs$ type -a emacs-snapshot emacs-snapshot is /usr/bin/emacs-snapshot 0 (master *%=3D) grfz@len:~/src/emacs$ ls -l /usr/bin/emacs-snapshot lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 Jun 24 11:01 /usr/bin/emacs-snapshot -> /usr/bin= /emacs.emacs-snapshot* 0 (master *%=3D) grfz@len:~/src/emacs$ ls -l /usr/bin/emacs.emacs-snapshot lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 35 Jun 24 11:01 /usr/bin/emacs.emacs-snapshot -> /u= sr/local/bin/emacs.emacs-snapshot* 0 (master *%=3D) grfz@len:~/src/emacs$ ls -l /usr/local/bin/emacs.emacs-sn= apshot lrwxrwxrwx 1 root staff 47 Jun 24 11:01 /usr/local/bin/emacs.emacs-snapsho= t -> ../stow/emacs-snapshot/bin/emacs.emacs-snapshot* 0 (master *%=3D) grfz@len:~/src/emacs$ ls -l /usr/local/stow/emacs-snapsho= t/bin/emacs.emacs-snapshot lrwxrwxrwx 1 root grfz 13 Jun 24 11:01 /usr/local/stow/emacs-snapshot/bin/= emacs.emacs-snapshot -> emacs-27.0.50* 0 (master *%=3D) grfz@len:~/src/emacs$ diff -Nur src/emacs-27.0.50.1 /usr/= local/stow/emacs-snapshot/bin/emacs-27.0.50 0 (master *%=3D) grfz@len:~/src/emacs$ /usr/local/stow/emacs-snapshot/bin/= emacs-27.0.50 -Q --debug-init 0 (master *%=3D) grfz@len:~/src/emacs$ I do use non-standard configure flags (see below). Any help would be very much appreciated. Thanks for Emacs and your attention, Gregor In GNU Emacs 27.0.50 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.22.11) of 2019-06-24 built on len Repository revision: 157fced053601c993734c61078c42d7905389828 Repository branch: master Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11902000 System Description: Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch) Recent messages: Configured using: 'configure -C --prefix=3D/usr/local/stow/emacs-snapshot --with-file-notification=3Dinotify --without-toolkit-scroll-bars --with-x-toolkit=3Dgtk3 'CFLAGS=3D-g -O2 -fdebug-prefix-map=3D/home/grfz/src/emacs=3D. -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=3Dformat-security -Wall -fno-pie' 'CPPFLAGS=3D-Wdate-time -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=3D2 ' 'LDFLAGS=3D-Wl,-z,relro -no-pie'' Configured features: XPM JPEG TIFF GIF PNG RSVG SOUND GPM DBUS GSETTINGS GLIB NOTIFY INOTIFY ACL LIBSELINUX GNUTLS LIBXML2 FREETYPE HARFBUZZ M17N_FLT LIBOTF XFT ZLIB GTK3 X11 XDBE XIM THREADS PDUMPER GMP Important settings: value of $LC_ALL: value of $LC_COLLATE: de_DE.utf8 value of $LC_CTYPE: de_DE.utf8 value of $LC_MESSAGES: POSIX value of $LC_MONETARY: de_DE.utf8 value of $LC_NUMERIC: de_DE.utf8 value of $LC_TIME: de_DE.utf8 value of $LANG: de_DE.utf8 locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix Major mode: notmuch-search Minor modes in effect: winner-mode: t helm-descbinds-mode: t helm-adaptive-mode: t helm-mode: t which-key-mode: t ws-butler-global-mode: t ws-butler-mode: t xterm-mouse-mode: t global-hl-line-mode: t hl-line-mode: t which-function-mode: t override-global-mode: t shell-dirtrack-mode: t show-paren-mode: t savehist-mode: t minibuffer-line-mode: t display-battery-mode: t delete-selection-mode: t cua-mode: t tooltip-mode: t global-eldoc-mode: t electric-indent-mode: t mouse-wheel-mode: t file-name-shadow-mode: t global-font-lock-mode: t font-lock-mode: t auto-composition-mode: t auto-encryption-mode: t auto-compression-mode: t buffer-read-only: t size-indication-mode: t column-number-mode: t line-number-mode: t transient-mark-mode: t Load-path shadows: /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/notmuch-address hides ~/.emacs.d/elisp/no= tmuch-address ~/.emacs.d/elisp/grab-x-link hides /home/grfz/.emacs.d/elpa-27.0/grab-x-li= nk-20180205.1146/grab-x-link /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/notmuch-company hides /home/grfz/.emacs.d= /elpa-27.0/notmuch-20190525.1602/notmuch-company /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/notmuch-maildir-fcc hides /home/grfz/.ema= cs.d/elpa-27.0/notmuch-20190525.1602/notmuch-maildir-fcc /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/notmuch-message hides /home/grfz/.emacs.d= /elpa-27.0/notmuch-20190525.1602/notmuch-message /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/coolj hides /home/grfz/.emacs.d/elpa-27.0= /notmuch-20190525.1602/coolj /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/notmuch-tag hides /home/grfz/.emacs.d/elp= a-27.0/notmuch-20190525.1602/notmuch-tag /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/notmuch-compat hides /home/grfz/.emacs.d/= elpa-27.0/notmuch-20190525.1602/notmuch-compat /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/notmuch-hello hides /home/grfz/.emacs.d/e= lpa-27.0/notmuch-20190525.1602/notmuch-hello /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/notmuch-crypto hides /home/grfz/.emacs.d/= elpa-27.0/notmuch-20190525.1602/notmuch-crypto /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/notmuch-mua hides /home/grfz/.emacs.d/elp= a-27.0/notmuch-20190525.1602/notmuch-mua /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/notmuch-jump hides /home/grfz/.emacs.d/el= pa-27.0/notmuch-20190525.1602/notmuch-jump /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/notmuch-tree hides /home/grfz/.emacs.d/el= pa-27.0/notmuch-20190525.1602/notmuch-tree /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/notmuch-print hides /home/grfz/.emacs.d/e= lpa-27.0/notmuch-20190525.1602/notmuch-print /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/notmuch-show hides /home/grfz/.emacs.d/el= pa-27.0/notmuch-20190525.1602/notmuch-show /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/notmuch-query hides /home/grfz/.emacs.d/e= lpa-27.0/notmuch-20190525.1602/notmuch-query /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/notmuch hides /home/grfz/.emacs.d/elpa-27= .0/notmuch-20190525.1602/notmuch /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/notmuch-address hides /home/grfz/.emacs.d= /elpa-27.0/notmuch-20190525.1602/notmuch-address /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/notmuch-wash hides /home/grfz/.emacs.d/el= pa-27.0/notmuch-20190525.1602/notmuch-wash /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/notmuch-draft hides /home/grfz/.emacs.d/e= lpa-27.0/notmuch-20190525.1602/notmuch-draft /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/notmuch-lib hides /home/grfz/.emacs.d/elp= a-27.0/notmuch-20190525.1602/notmuch-lib /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/notmuch-parser hides /home/grfz/.emacs.d/= elpa-27.0/notmuch-20190525.1602/notmuch-parser Features: (shadow emacsbug helm-command kill-or-bury-alive sort bbdb-message mail-extr ecomplete ido shr-color color shr svg gnus-alias fullframe notmuch notmuch-hello notmuch-tree notmuch-show notmuch-print notmuch-crypto notmuch-mua notmuch-message notmuch-draft notmuch-maildir-fcc notmuch-address notmuch-company 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Contovounesios" To: Gregor Zattler Subject: Re: bug#36349: 27.0.50; does not start if called as symlink References: <877e9bba42.fsf@len.workgroup> Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2019 15:47:33 +0100 In-Reply-To: <877e9bba42.fsf@len.workgroup> (Gregor Zattler's message of "Mon, 24 Jun 2019 11:34:05 +0200") Message-ID: <87mui73ure.fsf@tcd.ie> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 36349 Cc: 36349@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) Gregor Zattler writes: > I did a fresh git co -f from emacs master branch (at > 157fced053601c993734c61078c42d7905389828). Emacs was built and > installed just fine. But Emacs does not start if called as a > symlink. > > See this terminal session (numbers at the beginning of a line are > return values from last command): > > 0 (master *%=) grfz@len:~/src/emacs$ hash -r > 0 (master *%=) grfz@len:~/src/emacs$ emacs-snapshot -Q --debug-init > emacs: could not resolve realpath of "(null)": No such file or directory This error was introduced in [1] and attempted to be fixed in [2]. Do you still encounter problems with latest master? See also the following emacs-devel threads: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2019-06/msg00902.html https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2019-06/msg00907.html [1: b9ac4f815e]: Fix locating pdump by symlink 2019-06-23 18:19:08 -0700 https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=b9ac4f815ebaa1acb0d045fe9583f665efa6f628 [2: 65d45def8d]: Fix pdumper executable-finding code 2019-06-24 06:53:30 -0700 https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=65d45def8d71e50d111adf1141011a5d30a27447 Thanks, -- Basil From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Mon Jun 24 18:59:45 2019 Received: (at 36349) by debbugs.gnu.org; 24 Jun 2019 22:59:45 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58290 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hfXw8-0001IE-TA for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 24 Jun 2019 18:59:45 -0400 Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.17.21]:34149) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hfXw6-0001Hs-Kr for 36349@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 24 Jun 2019 18:59:43 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=gmx.net; s=badeba3b8450; t=1561417173; bh=UU+prv3Xbd34UvEMVCVkFC5HDkmkaZ5RosD0ID5kdL0=; h=X-UI-Sender-Class:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date; b=aWs8l+WfxBfhPWskA0D9veP3HC50vmb73/uecIR7zsu344IwC/3Q3QzK96dEVNyZN b7+7W50gmZz8EFvMJpz/JIUEeClFpo9gujW1rE4lDvzPqsHhC9WooidckLhXYRjLrK sFZDU7EzT9yF3lXWBL9PN44bbF6PD94Mxn054R6c= X-UI-Sender-Class: 01bb95c1-4bf8-414a-932a-4f6e2808ef9c Received: from len.workgroup ([46.94.151.82]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx103 [212.227.17.168]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0MDi9C-1hnomj0U7K-00H6eO; Tue, 25 Jun 2019 00:54:27 +0200 From: Gregor Zattler To: "Basil L. 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Contovounesios" [2019-06-24; 15:47]: > Gregor Zattler writes:=C2=B4 >> I did a fresh git co -f from emacs master branch (at >> 157fced053601c993734c61078c42d7905389828). Emacs was built and >> installed just fine. But Emacs does not start if called as a >> symlink. >> >> See this terminal session (numbers at the beginning of a line are >> return values from last command): >> >> 0 (master *%=3D) grfz@len:~/src/emacs$ hash -r >> 0 (master *%=3D) grfz@len:~/src/emacs$ emacs-snapshot -Q --debug-init >> emacs: could not resolve realpath of "(null)": No such file or directory > > This error was introduced in [1] and attempted to be fixed in [2]. > Do you still encounter problems with latest master? no.=20=20 I built emacs from master as of 6e2708694140cd3b4ff6aeb39534c4704d6d4e23 which includes 65d45def8d71e50d111adf1141011a5d30a27447. Now everything works fine again. Thanks for your answer and Daniels fix. 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Contovounesios" To: Gregor Zattler Subject: Re: bug#36349: 27.0.50; does not start if called as symlink References: <877e9bba42.fsf@len.workgroup> <87mui73ure.fsf@tcd.ie> <875zouwq5g.fsf@len.workgroup> Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2019 14:48:29 +0100 In-Reply-To: <875zouwq5g.fsf@len.workgroup> (Gregor Zattler's message of "Tue, 25 Jun 2019 00:54:19 +0200") Message-ID: <87a7e56aj6.fsf@tcd.ie> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: control Cc: 36349-done@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) tags 36349 fixed close 36349 27.1 quit Gregor Zattler writes: > Now everything works fine again. Thanks for your answer and > Daniels fix. Thanks for confirming. I'm therefore closing this report. -- Basil From unknown Mon Jun 23 14:59:55 2025 Received: (at fakecontrol) by fakecontrolmessage; To: internal_control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Debbugs Internal Request Subject: Internal Control Message-Id: bug archived. Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2019 11:24:07 +0000 User-Agent: Fakemail v42.6.9 # This is a fake control message. # # The action: # bug archived. thanks # This fakemail brought to you by your local debbugs # administrator